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Planetary health -
correct answer ✅the achievement of the highest attainable
standard of health, wellbeing, and equity worldwide through
judicious attention to the human systems—political, economic and
social, that shape the future of humanity and the earth's natural
systems that define the safe environmental limits within which
humanity can flourish
global health -
correct answer ✅health problems, issues, and concerns that
transcend national boundaries and are beyond the control of
individual nations, and are best addressed by cooperative actions
and solutions
OR
the optimal wellbeing of all humans from the individual and
collective perspective and is considered a fundamental human
right, which should be accessible to all
one health -
correct answer ✅integrative effort of multiple disciplines working
locally, nationally, and globally to attain optimal health for people,
animals, and the environment
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OR
recognizes that the health of people is connected to earth of
animals and the environment
public health -
correct answer ✅the science and art of preventing disease,
prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts
and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private,
communities and individuals
toward a sanitary environment, the control of community infection,
the education of the individual in principles of personal hygiene,
the organization of medical and nursing service for the early
diagnosis and treatment of disease, and development of the social
machinery to ensure to every individual in the community a
standard of living adequate for the maintenance of health
what is the difference between the SDGs and the millennium
development goals? -
correct answer ✅SDG builds on MDG (focus on maternal health a
lot)
17 goals for SDG and the MDG has 8 goals and 15 core targets
MDG was just to developing countries while SDG is global
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SDG: based on values such as equity and respect for human rights,
relies on approaches such as sustainable financing, scientific
research and innovation, and monitoring and evaluating
- intersectional action by multiple stakeholders and aims to
strengthen health system toward universal health coverage
why attaining the SDGs is our roadmap applicable to achieving
planetary health? -
correct answer ✅addresses critical concepts for planetary health
(not directly related to health)
"leavings no one behind"
3 most pressing health care challenges -
correct answer ✅1. poverty
2. health care costs
3. clean water
Paris agreement -
correct answer ✅an agreement within the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dealing with
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greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptation, and finance
starting in the year 2020.
legally binding treaty on climate change, led to implementation of
outlining a plan for next 5 years, COP (conference of the parties)
what were the outcomes of COP 26 in England (2021)? -
correct answer ✅signing of Glasgow climate pack - reiterated the
Paris agreement and reminded of 100 billion dollars from
developed to developing countries
- transparent reporting
"transitional committee"
1.. mitagation 2. adaptation 3. loss and damage 4. finance and
collaboration
what was the breakthrough agreement at COP27 in Egypt? -
correct answer ✅new "loss and damage" fund for vulnerable
countries hit by climate disasters
List the five domains of the PHEF -
correct answer ✅1. interconnection with nature